Nature Conservation (Wildlife) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2017 (Qld)

Part 1    Preliminary

1   Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Nature Conservation (Wildlife) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2017.

Part 2    Amendment of Environmental Offsets Regulation 2014

2   Regulation amended

This part amends the Environmental Offsets Regulation 2014.

3   Amendment of s 6 (Environmental offsets policy—Act, s 12)

Section 6, ‘1.2’—
omit, insert—

1.3

4   Amendment of sch 1 (Activities prescribed for section 9(c) of the Act)

Schedule 1, item 6(e), ‘and wild river’—
omit.

5   Amendment of sch 2, s 1 (Definitions for sch 2)

Schedule 2, section 1, definitions bioregion and urban area—
omit.

6   Amendment of sch 2, s 6 (Protected wildlife habitat)

(1)Schedule 2, section 6(5), definition special least concern animal, paragraph (a)—
omit.

(2)Schedule 2, section 6(5), definition special least concern animal, paragraphs (b) and (c)—
renumber as paragraphs (a) and (b).

7   Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary)

(1)Schedule 3, definition urban area—
omit.

(2)Schedule 3—
insert—

animal that is endangered wildlife or vulnerable wildlife, for schedule 2, see schedule 2, section 1.

category B area, for schedule 2, see schedule 2, section 1.

essential habitat, for protected wildlife, for schedule 2, see schedule 2, section 1.

essential habitat map, for schedule 2, see schedule 2, section 1.

plant that is endangered wildlife or vulnerable wildlife, for schedule 2, see schedule 2, section 1.

prescribed regional ecosystem, for schedule 2, see schedule 2, section 1.

regional ecosystem, for schedule 2, see schedule 2, section 1.

regulated vegetation management map, for schedule 2, see schedule 2, section 1.

remnant vegetation, for schedule 2, see schedule 2, section 1.

undisturbed height, for vegetation, for schedule 2, see schedule 2, section 1.

undisturbed predominant canopy, for vegetation, for schedule 2, see schedule 2, section 1.

urban area see the Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009, schedule 26.

Part 3    Amendment of Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006

8   Regulation amended

This part amends the Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006.

9   Amendment of sch 1, s 2 (Mammals)

Schedule 1, section 2—
insert—

Melomys rubicola Bramble Cay melomys

10   Amendment of sch 1, s 3 (Plants)

(1)Schedule 1, section 3, entry for Oberonia attenuata—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 3—
insert—

Ptilotus senarius

11   Amendment of sch 2, s 2 (Birds)

Schedule 2, section 2—
insert—

Amytornis dorotheae	Carpentaria grasswren
Calidris canutus	red knot
Calidris ferruginea	curlew sandpiper
Calidris tenuirostris	great knot
Charadrius mongolus	lesser sand plover
Limosa lapponica menzbieri	Northern Siberian bar-tailed godwit
Numenius madagascariensis	eastern curlew
Sternula nereis exsul	New Caledonian fairy tern

12   Amendment of sch 2, s 5 (Mammals)

(1)Schedule 2, section 5, entry for Melomys rubicola—
omit.

(2)Schedule 2, section 5—
insert—

Macroderma gigas ghost bat

13   Amendment of sch 2, s 6 (Reptiles)

Schedule 2, section 6—
insert—

Eretmochelys imbricata hawksbill turtle

14   Amendment of sch 2, s 7 (Plants)

(1)Schedule 2, section 7, entries for Cajanus mareebensis and Eremochloa muricata—
omit.

(2)Schedule 2, section 7—
insert—

Homoranthus tricolor

Oberonia attenuata

Pluchea alata

Solanum adoxum

Solanum orgadophilum

Solanum unispinum

15   Amendment of sch 3, s 2 (Birds)

(1)Schedule 3, section 2, entry for Numenius madagascariensis—
omit.

(2)Schedule 3, section 2—
insert—

Ardenna pacifica	wedge-tailed shearwater
Charadrius leschenaultii	greater sand plover
Limosa lapponica baueri	Western Alaskan bar-tailed godwit
Probosciger aterrimus	palm cockatoo

16   Amendment of sch 3, s 5 (Mammals)

(1)Schedule 3, section 5, entry for Macroderma gigas—
omit.

(2)Schedule 3, section 5—
insert—

Conilurus penicillatus	brush-tailed tree-rat
Petauroides volans	greater glider
Petrogale xanthopus celeris	yellow-footed rock-wallaby
Pseudomys novaehollandiae	New Holland mouse

17   Amendment of sch 3, s 6 (Reptiles)

(1)Schedule 3, section 6, entry for Eretmochelys imbricata—
omit.

(2)Schedule 3, section 6—
insert—

Acanthophis hawkei	plains death adder
Anilios insperatus	Fassifern blind snake
Tympanocryptis wilsoni	Roma earless dragon

18   Amendment of sch 3, s 7 (Plants)

(1)Schedule 3, section 7, entries for Rutidosis lanata and Stemona angusta—
omit.

(2)Schedule 3, section 7—
insert—

Pluchea tenuis

19   Amendment of sch 5, s 2 (Birds)

Schedule 5, section 2, entries for Amytornis dorotheae and Probosciger aterrimus—
omit.

20   Amendment of sch 5, s 3 (Mammals)

Schedule 5, section 3—
insert—

Dendrolagus lumholtzi Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo

21   Amendment of sch 5, s 5 (Plants)

Schedule 5, section 5—
insert—

Eucalyptus tereticornis subsp. rotunda

Rutidosis lanata

Sphaeromorphaea major

Stemona angusta